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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1998
Page
6
Report notes Scooby Doo lore ties the mystery dog's name to the song Strangers in the Night and credits CBS executive Fred Silverman with reshaping the 1969 project as a lighthearted caper. It claims Silverman named Scooby after his first name friend Fred while steering the series.
Readers are urged to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and select category 7478 to leave questions for Sound Off. A recording provides the prompts for submitting inquiries.
Police logged several incidents from Oct 6 to Oct 7 including a television and 904 bulls stolen from Wendkind, totaling 1250 dollars, and a computer valued at 5000 dollars taken from Dillon State No. 68. Additional calls noted unintentional false alarms, medical emergencies, and boaters stranded at Clinton Lake, with multiple locations in Lawrence.
Medical emergencies and vehicle accidents occurred in Baldwin and nearby blocks on Monday evenings. Incidents include transports and nontransport situations on Pawney Avenue Kasold Drive North 150 Road Bligh Orchard Lane West 31st and West 23rd.
Brett and Debra Dawson of Lawrence welcome a boy born Sunday. Mark and Brenna Wulfkuble of Lawrence celebrate a daughter born Tuesday. Hina and Jaffar Edhi of Lawrence welcome a son born Tuesday.
Lawrence-Douglas County League of Women Voters will set up voter registration tables with several local businesses. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Hy-Vee Food & Drug Store 3504 Clinton Parkway and Checkers Foods 2300 Louisiana Street residents can register or update details.
Craig Moody, a traveling salesman, says KU will be closer to Oklahoma State than people expect and notes OSU should have beaten Nebraska. He believes the matchup will be tighter than anticipated.
The Datebook lists health screenings for adults over 60 at Babcock Place and flu immunization clinics at Lawrence Senior Center Hy-Vee and Babcock Place, all sponsored by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. Also noted are an Explore a Story session at Lawrence Public Library, a Douglas County Commission meeting, a rotating bookmobile schedule, and the Van Go Mobile Arts project dedication at Pinckney School.
Douglas County begins advance voting for the general election with polls open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays at the courthouse through noon on November 2. County Clerk Patty Jaimes notes possible Saturday hours as election draws near and 1,000 advance ballots will be mailed today.
Lawrence police arrested Ricky Brooks 18 and two juveniles after they allegedly beat a youth and robbed him and four others at Edgewood Park in East Lawrence around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. The juveniles, ages 13 and 15, were charged with aggravated robbery and taken to the juvenile detention center. names were not released. Police said five teens ages 14 to 15 were involved with a snake in the park.
Brooks and two juveniles allegedly killed a snake and then struck one victim in the head and face before robbing them at knife point, obtaining only a cigarette lighter. They were later found at the East Lawrence Recreation Center and taken into custody.
Ola Faucher has been named the new director of human resources at Kansas University effective Monday. She succeeds Marc Adin and has twice served as acting director, starting in 1993 and again since June, with a 1972 start at KU as a library clerk and a 1976 move to HR as first staff development manager. Faucher will oversee software upgrades for HR and payroll, broaden services for unclassified staff, expand professional development, study IT positions and salaries, and develop a workplace violence program.
Reports of counterfeit ten dollar notes spread through Lawrence over the weekend with businesses including The Sandbar Granada Coco Loco Eldridge Hotel Harbour Lights Jazzhaus Milton's Burger King Chili's and King Arthur’s affected. Police say the bills share a serial number and originated from high quality color copying, with Mercantile Bank counting about ten fakes from deposits. No suspect yet.
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